Frank Press Quotes

One who cannot live in harmony with others is regarded as an ignorant fool, even if he happens to be very learned in various matters.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

Conflict, when handled correctly, strengthens.

I've always found that you can enjoy your life a lot more if you can get on with people. If I don't get on with someone, I don't necessarily go out of my way to be best friends, but you learn as you grow up how to get on with people.

Life is a matter of dealing with other people, in little matters and cataclysmic ones, and that means a series of conversations.

In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.

By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Forcing people together is an enjoyable conflict to watch, but I think it's even more enjoyable if they love each other.

Well, one doesn't try to hold Cass and Denny and Michelle together. It's a useless task to start with. You just sort of stay out of the way and let things roll as they can.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

Work is a different type of pursuit than relationships. You can't take the skills that you know that have gotten you into that great school or into that great job and apply them to your relationships.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.